21^st and 9^th may not seem like much. But when Noriaki Kasai (JPN) and Claudia Pechstein (GER) finished in those places in the normal hill ski jumping and the 3K speed skating Saturday night, respectively, they made Olympic history.

For Kasai it was his 8^th Olympic Winter Games, the first person to ever compete in 8. For Pechstein it was her 7^th Winter Olympics, the first woman to reach that figure. For the record here are the current records for most appearances at a Winter Olympics.

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###,Name,Gdr,NOC,Sport,Era,Consec

8,Noriaki Kasai,M,JPN,SKJ,1992-2018,Yes

7,Albert Demchenko,M,EUN/RUS,LUG,1992-2014,Yes

7,Andrus Veerpalu,M,EST,CCS,1992-2018,No

7,Claudia Pechstein,F,GER,SSK,1992-2018,No

7,Sergey Dolidovich,M,BLR,CCS,1994-2018,No

7,Janne Ahonen,M,FIN,SKJ,1994-2018,Yes

6,Carl-Erik Eriksson,M,SWE,BOB,1964-1984,Yes

6,Colin Coates,M,AUS,SSK,1968-1988,Yes

6,Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen,F,FIN,CCS,1976-1994,Yes

6,Alfred Eder,M,AUT,BIA,1976-1994,Yes

6,Harri Kirvesniemi,M,FIN,CCS,1980-1998,Yes

6,Jochen Behle,M,FRG/GER,CCS,1980-1998,Yes

6,Raimo Helminen,M,FIN,ICH,1984-2002,Yes

6,Markus Prock,M,AUT,LUG,1984-2002,Yes

6,Emese Nemeth-Hunyady,F,AUT/HUN,SSK,1984-2002,Yes

6,Mike Dixon,M,GBR,BIA/ CCS,1984-2002,Yes

6,Hubertus von Fürstenberg-von Hohenlohe,M,MEX,ASK,1984-2014,No

6,Wilfried Huber,M,ITA,LUG,1988-2006,Yes

6,Gerda Weissensteiner,F,ITA,BOB/LUG,1988-2006,Yes

6,Sergey Chepikov,M,EUN/RUS/URS,BIA/ CCS,1988-2006,Yes

6,Georg Hackl,M,FRG/GER,LUG,1988-2006,Yes

6,Anna Orlova,F,LAT,LUG,1992-2010,Yes

6,Ilmārs Bricis,M,LAT,BIA,1992-2010,Yes

6,Marco Büchel,M,LIE,ASK,1992-2010,Yes

6,Teemu Selänne,M,FIN,ICH,1992-2014,No

6,Gyu-Hyeok Lee,M,KOR,SSK,1994-2014,Yes

6,Todd Lodwick,M,USA,NCO,1994-2014,Yes

6,Mario Stecher,M,AUT,NCO,1994-2014,Yes

6,Armin Zöggeler,M,ITA,LUG,1994-2014,Yes

6,Ole Einar Bjørndalen,M,NOR,BIA/ CCS,1994-2014,Yes

6,Eva Tofalvi,F,ROU,BIA,1998-2018,Yes

6,Jasey-Jay Anderson,M,CAN,SNB,1998-2018,Yes

6,Simon Ammann,M,SUI,SKJ,1998-2018,Yes

6,Shiva Keshavan,M,IND,LUG,1998-2018,Yes

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The above includes all those entered for PyeongChang 2018 although they may not have competed yet.

By comparison the Summer Olympic record is 10 by Canadian equestrian Ian Millar. Two others have competed in 9 Olympics – Hubert Raudauschl (AUT-SAI / 1964-96) and Afanisijs Kuzmins (LAT/URS-SHO / 1976-2012). There have been 9 Summer Olympians compete in 8 Olympic Games.